Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's double trap


The men's double trap event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 12 at the Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field. Walton Eller, the gold medal winner in this event, broke two Olympic records for both the qualification and final rounds.
The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 3 sets of 50 shots in trap shooting. Shots were paired, with two targets being launched at a time.
The top 6 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired one additional round of 50. The total score from all 200 shots was used to determine final ranking. Ties are broken using a shoot-off; additional shots are fired one pair at a time until there is no longer a tie.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
During the competition, Walton Eller broke both Olympic records by a one-hit margin.

Qualification round

The qualification round was held between 9:00 and 13:00 China Standard Time. It consisted of three programs of 25 doubles each. In the A and B programs, the two targets were simultaneously thrown with a difference of five degrees ; in the C program, this was increased to ten degrees.
RankAthleteCountryABCTotalShoot-offNotes
1Walton Eller484948145Q OR
2Francesco D'Aniello484647141Q
3Jeffrey Holguin454847140Q
4Hu Binyuan484248138Q
5Richard Faulds454646137Q
6Russell Mark4548436Q
7Ahmed Al Maktoum4645455
8William Chetcuti4745443
9Roland Gerebics4447451
10Daniele Di Spigno444645135
11Håkan Dahlby454545135
12Wang Nan424646134
13Steven Scott434546134
14Vasily Mosin414743131
15Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore434543131
16Vitaly Fokeev454441130
17Lucas Rafael Bennazar Ortiz453939123
18Graeme Ede384035113
19Giuseppe Di Salvatore383437109

OR Olympic recordQ Qualified for final

Final

The final was held at 15:00 China Standard Time. It repeated the C program for the top 6 shooters, and added the results to those of the qualification round.
RankAthleteQualFinalTotalNotes
14545190OR
14146187
13846184
414042182
513645181
613743180

OR Olympic record